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ECAL Masters Tour 2022,16–18.02.2022,Bern, Lugano, Zürich In a relaxed and friendly atmosphere (drinks offered), we are happy to welcome you for portfolio reviews – do not forget to bring your files – and to answer all your questions related to some of our Masters. ECAL Master Tour 2022 Fine Arts, Photography, Product Design and Type Design In a relaxed and friendly atmosphere (drinks offered), we are happy to welcome you for portfolio reviews – do not forget to bring your files – and to answer all your questions related to some of our Masters. BERN Wednesday 16 February, 17h00 - 19h30 Restaurant Bar Löscher, Viktoriastrasse 70, 3013 Bern DE/EN/FR – www.loescher.be Master Fine Arts Stéphanie Moisdon – Head of programme Shirin Yousefi – Assistant Master Photography Florian Amoser – Artistic associate Master Product Design Maxwell Ashford– Assistant Master Type Design Matthieu Cortat – Head of programme ----- LUGANO Thursday 17 February, 17h00 - 20h00 Teatro delle Radici, Viale Cassarate 4, 6900 Lugano IT/EN/FR – www.teatrodelleradici.net Master Fine Arts Lucas Erin – Assistant Master Photography Milo Keller – Head of programme Robin Bervini – Assistant Master Product Design Margo Clavier – Assistant Master Type Design Sophie Wietlisbach– Assistant From 16 to 18 February, a VR experience by Robin Bervini, MA Photography graduate, will be displayed at Teatro Pan (opposite Teatro delle Radici). In collaboration with Biennale dell immagine di Chiasso. ----- ZURICH Friday 18 February, 18h00 - 20h00 Atelier Christian Spiess, Fabrikstrasse 17, 8005 Zürich DE/EN/FR – www.christian-spiess.com Master Fine Arts Lucas Erin – Assistant Shirin Yousefi – Assistant Master Photography Sara Bastai – Assistant Master Product Design Camille Blin - Head of programme Maxwell Ashford– Assistant Master Type Design Nicolas Bernklau – Assistant
Creativity, motivation, energy and curiosity are the main ingredients to enter our Propaedeutic Year. This preparatory stage is aimed at students who wish to work in the fields of art or design and allows them to acquire the necessary skills for a Bachelor's program. During one year, this training offers the possibility to holders of a Maturité or a Baccalauréat to familiarize themselves with the…
What is the students' office (BDE) ? The students' office (in french, Bureau Des Étudiant.e.x.s, BDE) is a structure within the school that relies entirely on the students. It is a meeting point between the students, the associations and the management. It is independent from the school and tries to represent the students to the management. The association is elected every year by the students at …
Necessary qualification Maturity certificate Professional Maturity certificate Specialized Maturity certificate (MSCI-MSMU-MSOP-MSSA-MSTS) Equivalent foreign certificate* * Access to Foundation Year application procedure is open to foreign secondary diploma education holders as long as the title is equivalent to one of the Swiss required title. ECAL eval…
ECAL s Razzia at the Solothurn Film Festival and the Swiss Film Prize Nominations 2022 At the Solothurn Film Festival 2022, ECAL Film Department took centre stage In the "Upcoming" category, the main prize - the 15,000 Swiss franc prize for young filmmakers, donated by SUISSIMAGE/SSA - was awarded to Keerthigan Sivakumar for his film "Doosra", which he made as part of his Bachelor s degree in Cinema at ECAL. In the framework of the "Upcoming Lab", Nora Longatti, a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema programme as well, received a development grant of CHF 5,000 for her project "Ver-sorgen". In addition, ECAL and its graduates enjoyed unprecedented success in the Swiss Film Prize Nominations 2022. Coline Confort with "Impériale" and Keerthigan Sivakumar with "Doosra" are nominated in the category Best graduation film. "Olga", the first feature film by Elie Grappe, a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema programme, is nominated three times (Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay, Best Sound), while "Azor", directed by Andreas Fontana, a graduate of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD programme, is nominated four times (Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound). As for Marie-Eve Hildbrand, a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema programme, she is competing in the Best Documentary section. The awards ceremony will take place on Friday 25 March 2022 in Hall 622 in Zurich Oerlikon. Upcoming Encouragement Award Emerging Talent Prize CHF 15,000 "Doosra" by Keerthigan Sivakumar (ECAL) - Bachelor Cinema graduate 2021 Upcoming Lab Prize CHF 5 000 "Ver-sorgen" by Nora Longatti - Bachelor Cinema graduate 2020 "ECAL nominations" for the Swiss Film Prize 2022 Best graduation film CHF 5,000 per nomination "Doosra" by Keerthigan Sivakumar (ECAL) – Bachelor Cinema graduate 2021 "Impériale" by Coline Confort (ECAL) – Bachelor Cinema graduate 2020 Best Fiction Film CHF 25,000 per nomination "Azor" by Andreas Fontana (Alina film Sàrl, Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney) - Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate 2010 "Olga" by Elie Grappe (Point Prod SA, Jean-Marc Fröhle) - BA Cinema Graduate 2015 Best Documentary CHF 25 000 per nomination "Les guérisseurs" by Marie-Eve Hildbrand (Bande à part Films Sàrl, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Agnieszka Ramu) - BA Cinema Graduate 2004 "Azor" is also nominated for Best Photography and Best Sound. "Olga" is also nominated for Best Sound. More information www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch/fr/
ECAL x Fondation Martin Bodmer - Scripts of the World,24.01–20.03.2022,Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny (GE) ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne and the Fondation Martin Bodmer have joined forces to celebrate typographic creation and the scripts of the world. ECAL will present original projects in contemporary typography and graphic design, from its Bachelor Graphic Design and Master Type Design programmes, comparing them with Fondation Martin Bodmer s UNESCO listed heritage through a series of lectures, events and workshops on Sunday afternoons on 6 February, 27 February and 20 March 2022. 6 February 2022, 14:00-18:00 The Scripts of Aram: Syriac-Aramaic Typefaces (FR/EN) Registration At the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Switzerland and Liechtenstein office of the UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, collaborated with the students of the ECAL Master Type Design on a case: the Syriac script. Historically used to transcribe languages over a vast geographical area, Syriac is today mainly used as the liturgical script of Eastern Christians. Speakers of Modern Aramaic languages live in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, but compose mainly a worldwide diaspora. While only a few digital fonts exist, providing contemporary and innovative typefaces would contribute to broadening the possibilities for the language to thrive, as well as to cultivate community ties. This day proposes to celebrate Syriac writing and Aramaic culture through the collections of the Martin Bodmer Foundation, typography projects of the ECAL and various reflections on writing, its power, its relationship to politics, language and identity. Conferences 14:30 Politics and type design, Syriac script: a case study (FR) by Matthieu Cortat, head of MA Type Design, ECAL 15:00 About the publication "Aram" (FR) by Elena Baranowski, student MA Type Design, ECAL 15:15 Syriac in the collections of the Fondation Martin Bodmer (FR) by Nicolas Ducimetière, vice-director, Fondation Martin Bodmer 15:45 Break 16:15 Critical Regionalism in Type Design - A survey of moments in history when social, political, economic systems change in parallel with typography (EN) by Nicolas Bernklau, assistant MA Type Design, ECAL 16:35 Aramean communities in Switzerland today (EN) by Melki Toprak, president, and Tony Ürek, secretary, Federation of Arameans in Switzerland 17:00 Concert of the ARAM Ensemble, A view on Syriac traditions, led by Jalal Polus Gajo, soloist, with Ammar Ai Toumi, percussionist Carles Dorador, oud Liqaa Marooki, soloist Marie Wahida, soloist Fadi Wahida, Qanun preceded by an introduction by Véronique Nebel, board member, Laus Plena Foundation (ANG) Workshop 14:00 - 18:00 Gutenberg press with Yvan Hostettler Syriac-Aramaic script with the Aramean Federation of Switzerland 27 February 2022, 14:00-18:00 (FR) Typographic Art: From the Major Names to the Revival Registration This day will take you through the history of typeface design, from the major names to the collection of the Martin Bodmer Foundation, then confronting it with the contemporary practice of revival. With this technique, a typeface is digitally redesigned from a historical typeface, or serves as a template from which a new design is developed, more or less faithfully to its source. The success of these digital fonts and their distribution are interesting mechanisms, which will also be discussed, mirroring the long history of typography, reflected in the collections of the Martin Bodmer Foundation. Conferences 15:00 The major names in typography by Nicolas Ducimetière, vice-director, Martin Bodmer Foundation 15:45 Break 16:15 Revival: digital typography and its relationship to historical models by François Rappo, type designer and typographer, Lausanne with an introduction by Angelo Benedetto, head of BA Graphic Design, ECAL followed by a contribution by Gilles Gavillet, graphic designer and founder, Optimo and Gavillet & Cie on the distribution of revivals by a foundry followed by a Q&A session with all guest speakers Workshop 14:00 - 18:00 19th century press with Nicolas Regamey, Atelier Typo de la Cité 20 March 2022, 14:00-18:00 (FR/EN) Languages and Cultures: Inventing a Materiality Registration A selection of editorial and typographic projects will be presented by their authors, all students or alumni of the Bachelor Graphic Design and Master Type Design programmes at ECAL. Whether it is about Cypriot dialects, a Lukumí-Español dictionary, Chinese characters drawn with the help of artificial intelligence tools, the crossing of Hebrew and German in Hebrew Yiddish, Lebanese multilingualism or the history of Cyrillic writing in Russia, these innovative and personal projects are as many different ways of contributing to the perpetuation of a culture, of a language, through their transmission but also, to their possible evolutions. Conferences 14:30 Introduction (FR) by Angelo Benedetto, head of BA Graphic Design, ECAL 14:45 Κυπριώτικο Σκετς / [kipri otiko skets] / Cypriot Sketch (FR) by Clio Hadjigeorgiou, assistant BA Graphic Design, ECAL 15:00 Diccionario Lukumí-Español (FR) by Laura Issé-Tusevo, graphic designer, BA Graphic Design alumna, ECAL 15:15 Written communication in Lebanon, between Arabic, French and English (EN) by Karima Deghayli and Norma Elzoghbi, students MA Type Design, ECAL 15:30 Break 16:00 AIZI. Artificial Intelligence for Chinese type design (EN) by Shuhui Shi, type designer, MA Type Design alumna, ECAL 16:15 Cyrilic and the politics of writing (EN) by Sergei Rasskazov, student MA Type Design, ECAL 16:30 Yiddish Displayed (EN) by Noam Benatar, MA Type Design student, ECAL 16:45 Conclusion (FR/EN) by Irene Vlachou, type designer and visiting professor, ECAL & Matthieu Cortat, head of MA Type Design, ECAL followed by a Q&A session with all guest speakers Workshop 14:00 - 18:00 Intaglio printing with Alessandro Longo, Verssso General information Confirm your participation - free but registration is required via rsvp links above. Venue: Fondation Martin Bodmer, Route Martin-Bodmer 19, 1223 Cologny (Genève). Access to Fondation Martin Bodmer is subject to the current health regulations: 2G certificate and mandatory mask. This event marks the 200th anniversary of ECAL (1821-2021) and is organised by ECAL and Fondation Martin Bodmer with the support of: Fédération des Araméens en Suisse, World Council of Arameans, UNHCR, Fondation Laus Plena, Swiss Graphic Designers.
DNA Second year BA Industrial Design students had to formulate their own brief instead of getting one from their teachers. In the project s introduction, they were assigned the task of introspectively mapping their own design DNA by contemplating the question: What defines my essence as a designer? They introduced a clear brief related to their own fascinations and relevant topics in the field of design and in the time we live in. Then thes students developed a concept for a product from an original idea and artistic vision. The results are expressed in the form of products, pieces of furnitures, accessories, proposing a new vision and a new way of producing. The areas of interest are diverse, spacing from open-source projects to process fascination.
Photographic Editions Starting from the premise that the book constitutes both an alternative practice to the exhibition and an alternative exhibition practice - alternative exhibition practices insofar as the book and the printed word are essentially modes of visibility of art; alternative practices to the exhibition because this means of visibility is very different from what is usually called an exhibition - we consider the book to be the medium that is perfectly suited to soon-to-be-graduated photographers. Starting from the premise that the book constitutes both an alternative practice to the exhibition and an alternative exhibition practice - alternative exhibition practices insofar as the book and the printed word are essentially modes of visibility of art; alternative practices to the exhibition because this means of visibility is very different from what is usually called an exhibition - we consider the book to be the medium that is perfectly suited to soon-to-be-graduated photographers.
ECAL at Solothurn Days 2022,19–26.01.2022,Solothurn On the occasion of the Solothurn Days from 19 to 26 January 2022, ECAL Cinema Department presents several Bachelor diploma films by students. On the occasion of the Solothurn Days from 19 to 26 January 2022, ECAL Cinema Department presents several Bachelor diploma films by students (Upcoming Talents category - Balthazar et Madalena by Gabriel Colban, 2021 - Chute by Nora Longatti, 2020 - Doosra by Keerthigan Sivakumar, 2021 - Impériale by Coline Confort, 2020 - La fièvre by Matias Carlier, 2021 Several films directed by ECAL graduates will also be presented as part of the different festival categories, including: - Azor by Andreas Fontana (MA Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate) – Panorama Fictions category - Fièvre by Michele Pennetta (MA Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate) – Panorama Short Films category - (Im)mortels by Lila Ribi (BA Cinema graduate) – Solothurn Award category - Les guérisseurs by Marie-Eve Hildbrand (BA Cinema graduate) – Panorama Documentaries category - Lux by Mateo Ybarra & Raphaël Dubach (diplômé BA Cinéma) – Opera Prima category - Nostromo by Fisnik Maxville (MA Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate)– Panorama Documentaries category - Olga by Elie Grappe (BA Cinema graduate) – Solothurn Award category - Souviens-toi hier by Juliette Menthonnex (BA Cinema graduate) – Panorama Short Films category - Tout commence by Frédéric Choffat (diplômé BA Cinéma) – Audience Award section Programme and screenings on www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch/fr/
Service Design - 2022 During the Service Design course, the 3rd year of the Graphic Design, Photography and Media & Interaction Design bachelors had to create multi-media projects. A collaboration of the Visual Communication department which had as subject the SDGs (*Sustainable Development Goals). The theme was called "For a good cause, make the SDGs a reality" and its objective was to allow students to develop a cause that is close to their hearts. Each project consists of at least two different media, one primary and one secondary. These projects could take any form that the students deemed relevant, be it a website, editions, posters, a video sequence or virtual reality. 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with more than 169 targets signed by all UN member states for the 2030 Agenda. They reconcile the economic, social and ecological dimensions of sustainable development and place the fight against poverty and sustainable development on the same agenda for the first time. This means that all states are called upon to play an equal role in finding common solutions to the world s pressing challenges. Switzerland is also required to implement the goals at the national level. In addition, incentives must be created to encourage non-governmental actors to make an increasingly active contribution to sustainable development.What are the SDGs?MELTING POINTS Leaflet / poster & website The Melting Points project is initially composed of a series of leaflets with the aim of warning and reporting on the environmental situation of glaciers in Switzerland. Rather than communicating the urgency of the situation, we decided to evoke the mass disappearance of certain glaciers, thus accentuating a process that has already begun and is partly irreversible. This printed dimension of the project serves as a bridge between an ephemeral physical object and a constantly evolving website. The latter is based on the analogy of the obituary, listing the disappeared, threatened and non-threatened glaciers while emphasizing the nostalgia and memory of these places. By Martial Grin , Hugo Le Corre , Basil PérotTHE CORAL RESCUE PROJECT Journal & instagram The coral rescue project deals with issues concerning aquatic life. We decided to look at the extinction of corals, which has accelerated in recent decades. This journal describes 14 solutions to help save them, alone or together. It is foldable and includes illustrations and QR codes to find out more about the cause. The edition is guided by an instagram page of GIFs, which helps us understand and reach out to more people. By Aurore Huberty , Iris Moine , Anaelle Iglesias CarballoESSENCE Edition & instagram The Essence project consists of a series of magazines dealing with subjects that are interested in families of natural products such as mushrooms, algae, fruit skins and many others that have the capacity to become biomaterials. The project is to be understood as a natural, artistic and avant-garde magazine. It includes recipes to make at home, articles, interviews, artworks and workshops as well as various photo pages. By Marion Marquet , Yolane Rais , Loris Briguet DISCOURS DE HAINE en ligne Edition & chrome extension Based on a study conducted by Dr. Lea Stahel at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Zurich in 2020. The Hate speech online edition aims to raise awareness, especially among young people, about the problem of hate speech on the Internet. Based on 8 points, this study deciphers the phenomenon and its problems in Switzerland. The project also includes Rate Hate, a Chrome extension designed to combat hate and hate speech on the Internet. With this application you can evaluate the hate content of a website and modify its content accordingly. The goal of Rate Hate is to transform hate speech into graphic visuals in order to divert and criticize its content. By Achille Masson , Camille Spiller , Raphaël CarruzzoLAISSER DISPARAÎTRE OU FAIRE DISPARAÎTRE Edition, moving poster & VR short film Laisser disparaître ou faire disparaître exposes the conflicts of interest between our desire to preserve the planet and our addiction to comfort. To act for the good of all or to protect one s own interests? In the privileged context inherent to Switzerland, eco-anxiety is soaring and, paradoxically, comfort is gradually reaching its peak. Feelings oscillate between guilt, denial and justification of acts that contribute to the deterioration of our Earth, of the ties that bind us and of our values. Through interviews and surveys, the edition gathers current concerns from subjects of various ages, the vast majority of whom are Swiss. They answer the questions: "What are you afraid of disappearing?" and "What comfort are you not ready to give up? Some systems of thought are developed in order to offer a varied range of opinions. One of them is narrated by a voice-over and a succession of images in a poignant VR experience. Moving posters highlight various issues such as travel, over-consumption and imports. Capturing a world in corrosion, the project is to be understood as the testimony of a concerned society. By , Hydro—Hegemony Website & edition Hydro-Hegemony presents water conflicts from 3000 BC to the 21st century, showing how water is the lifeblood of ecosystems; global environmental changes, especially climate change, further intensify competition between competing uses and users, leading to conflict and war. By , , ADELPHE Edition & Documentary video The ADELPHE project aims to represent the genders equally in order to raise awareness about this still taboo subject. The easily printable and distributable fanzine format allows easy access for anyone not directly concerned with gender issues. The video teaser allows for quick accessibility and digital visibility in order to introduce the subject of the fanzine. By Julie Corday , Tania Praz , Charlotte ViglinoREUSE REPURPOSE RECYCLE Magazine & video REUSE REPURPOSE RECYCLE has as its main support a magazine that highlights and sensitizes its readers to the current problem of consumerism, through the promotion of a lifestyle based on second-hand consumption. The book is aimed at a young and committed public and takes advantage of the current thrifting trend. In this first issue, the basics of the issue are discussed and the tone is set for the issues to follow. The magazine is supported by a series of three teaser videos that invite the public to consult the book and pique their curiosity. By Samara Krähenbühl , Nina Treichler , Mara Wohlfahrt
Labour Tool Product “Labour, Tool, Product” is an editorial project, self-initiated by Samira Schneuwly. The book explores the universal profession of farming, its evolution and the technologies and possibilities associated with it through carefully curated images from ETH Zürich s online image archive and excerpts from her great-grandfather s and grandfather s inventory books.
Photobook - Fall 2021 The photobook module introduces students to the history of photobooks and artists books and leads them to consider different strategies and approaches to contemporary book-making. In the first term students individually conceptualised a publication that have been designed, printed and distributed.
Images Vevey x ECAL Award exhibition: Sara Bastai,14.12.2021–30.01.2022,L Appartement – Espace Images Vevey From 14 December 2021 (opening at 6pm) to 30 January 2022, as part of L Appartement - Espace Images Vevey, Sara Bastai, the first winner of the Images Vevey x ECAL Prize, will exhibit her Master s degree project in Photography, completed in 2021. The Images Vevey x ECAL Prize was created in 2021 and strengthens the collaboration between the two institutions. Its aim is to offer a first exhibition experience to a student graduating from the ECAL s Bachelor s or Master s degree in photography. The winning work is presented in the form of a monographic exhibition by Images Vevey on the occasion of its biennial or in its permanent space. Sara Bastai s project, "RAM_2.0" is the result of her collaboration with an artificial intelligence. By submitting the hundreds of photographs contained in her smartphone to AI, the latter analyses the images and describes what it perceives in them. Sara Bastai then creates new settings based on the captions generated. A dialogue between the artist and the machine is established to explore the notion of memory through the eyes of technology. She has specifically adapted her project for the rooms of L Appartement - Espace Images Vevey. In the lounge of L Appartement, Maxime Guyon, a graduate of ECAL s Bachelor of Photography programme, also presents a series of images from his book "Aircraft - The New Anatomy", published by Lars Müller Publishers.DATESOpening reception Tuesday 14 December at 6pm Exhibition From 14 December 2021 to 30 January 2022 Wednesday to Sunday From 2pm to 6pm Free accessADDRESSL Appartement – Espace Images Vevey Vevey CFF station www.images.ch/en/lappartement_programmeARTISTSara Bastai
Launch of AIZI – a unique database of Chinese characters,08.12.2021,www.aizi.ch Developed by a team composed of both designers (ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne) and engineers (EPFL – The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the AIZI research project offers a unique database of Chinese characters – consisted of 93,876 entries – in order to help type designers draw Chinese typefaces: www.aizi.ch www.aizi.ch Despite being used by some 900 million native speakers, the Chinese writing system currently relies on a small number of digital typefaces, in print or on screen. This is partly due to the quantity of characters. There is no official figure, but some dictionaries reach up to 106,230 glyphs, with the Unicode standard featuring “only” 20,902 glyphs. A Chinese scholar knows over 13,000 and being able to read a mere quarter of this figure is nothing to be ashamed of in contemporary China. For a designer, creating a Chinese typeface can easily take more than a year and represents a far greater investment, both in time and money, than a Latin (or Greek, or Cyrillic) one. These practical difficulties also limit foreigners interest in Chinese type design, as the task seems insurmountable. Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) help Chinese type design overcome its current limitations? Is it possible to teach a Machine Learning programme about the rules of Chinese composition and design in order to enable it to create the thousands of glyphs required for a typeface? “The initial idea behind the AIZI research project was to define a reduced set of basic “seed” characters that could be used as training data for an AI system, with the ultimate goals of democratising the design of Chinese typefaces and access to script for beginners and foreigners and to expand the stylistic range for a writing system that is largely dominated by traditional brush-based calligraphic shapes. Eventually, this could lead to greater quality in the production of fonts for Chinese script”, explains Shuhui Shi, who launched the project as part of the ECAL Master Type Design. Rooted in traditional structures, the system that has been developed analyses and rationalises the construction of glyphs and has resulted in a database – available in open access on www.aizi.ch – that could be used to train AIZI algorithms as well as any other future AI tools. The database contains 93,876 entries and is geared towards type designers, providing them with the reference needed to draw a set of Hanzi, even if they do not speak or read Chinese. AIZI was developed by a team composed of both designers (ECAL) and engineers (EPFL). As part of the ECAL Master Type Design programme, Shuhui Shi, initiator of the project, was in charge of the design part in collaboration with Kai Bernau, under the supervision of Matthieu Cortat. The Machine Learning process and algorithms were developed by Wei Wang, under the supervision of Mathieu Salzmann from the EPFL Computer Vision Laboratory. Information Shuhui Shi – Head of project, ECAL: shuhui.shi.ss@gmail.com Matthieu Cortat, Head of Master Type Design, ECAL: matthieu.cortat@ecal.ch – www.ecal.ch Mathieu Salzmann – Senior Researcher, Computer Vision Laboratory, EPFL: mathieu.salzmann@epfl.ch – www.epfl.ch/labs/cvlab/
ECAL Conference: Philippe Jarrigeon,08.12.2021,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference: Philippe Jarrigeon – Photographer, Paris A l occasion de la sortie du livre «PLAY» (publié chez RVB Books) – la première monographie de Philippe Jarrigeon retraçant 15 ans de sa carrière. Philippe Jarrigeon Photographe, Paris Mercredi 8 décembre 2021 à 18h En conversation avec Nathalie Herschdorfer, enseignante et directrice du Musée des beaux-arts du Locle. Né en France, Philippe Jarrigeon est diplômé de l ECAL en Bachelor Photographie, où il enseigne également depuis 2008. Il expose notamment au Festival international de la mode et de la photographie à Hyères (France) et au Fotomuseum de Winterthur (2008), puis à la Galerie des Galeries – Galeries Lafayette Haussmann (2014) avec le projet«Grand Magasin», une exposition photographique célébrant le 25e prix de l ANDAM. Il collabore également avec de nombreux magazines internationaux, dont Double, Dazed, M Le Monde, The New York Times, Interview, Vogue Paris, Vogue US et W. Il travaille régulièrement pour des marques de mode et de luxe comme Chanel, Hermès, Proenza Schouler, Patou, Tiffany & Co. ainsi qu avec des artistes tels que Snoop Dogg, dont il signe la couverture de l album «Bush» (2015), Pharrell Williams ou encore Juliette Armanet, dont il réalise le clip vidéo, «L Amour en Solitaire» (2018). En 2009, il fonde avec Sylvain Menétrey sa propre publication: «Dorade, revue galante, photographie et formes critiques» qui devient rapidement une plateforme avant-gardiste, où contribuent des artistes tels que Camille Vivier, Théo Mercier, Brice Dellsperger, Nina Childress ou encore Natacha Lesueur. En 2012, Dorade a remporté le prestigieux Swiss Design Award et le prix du meilleur magazine culturel décerné par le Club des Directeurs Artistiques. www.philippejarrigeon.com ECAL 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33
ECAL Open Day 2021-2022,27.11.2021,ECAL, Renens ECAL Open Day Saturday 27 November 2021 ECAL Open Day Saturday 27 November 2021 We invite you to discover the ECAL s programmes (Foundation Year, Bachelor, Master, Master of Advanced Studies) during presentations focusing on the programmes and professional perspectives. During these conferences given by the heads of departments, emblematic graduates will talk about their career paths, the opportunities available and their integration into the working world. The Academic Service will also be happy to answer questions about admission requirements. On this occasion, we propose a visit of the building and its infrastructures with the presence of students to advise you throughout the course. Exhibitions presenting recent projects from the Foundation Year as well as Bachelor s and Master s works will also be on display. At the same time, the website www.ecal-guide.ch offers you the opportunity to discover our programmes through texts, images, videos, 3D virtual visits of our infrastructures, testimonies of our graduates as well as recordings of the presentations made during the Open Day. Programme of the Conferences Foundation Year, Bachelor, Master, MAS Auditoriums IKEA - Leenaards - Nussbaumer 08h30 - 09h00 Start of the day 09h00 - 10h00 Foundation Year (Options: Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography) – Auditorium IKEA 10h15 - 11h00 Bachelor Photography – Auditorium IKEA Bachelor Fine Arts – Auditorium Leenaards 11h15 - 12h00 Bachelor Graphic Design – Auditorium IKEA Master Fine Arts – Auditorium Leenaards 12h15 - 13h00 Bachelor Media & Interaction Design – Auditorium IKEA Master Type Design – Auditorium Leenaards 13h00 - 14h00 Break 14h00 - 15h00 Foundation Year (Options: Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography) – Auditorium IKEA 15h15 - 16h00 Bachelor Industrial Design – Auditorium IKEA Bachelor Cinema – Auditorium Leenaards 16h15 - 17h00 Master Product Design – Auditorium IKEA Master Photography – Auditoire Leenaards MAS Design Research for Digital Innovation (EPFL+ECAL Lab) – Auditorium Nussbaumer 17h15 - 18h00 Master Cinema – Auditorium IKEA MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship – Auditorium Leenaards Master Innokick – Integrated Innovation for Product & Business Development (HES-SO) – Auditorium Nussbaumer 18h00 End ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens Access to the ECAL is subject to the health regulations in force. Visual: ECAL/Arthur Seguin Font: «Pano», Filip Matejicek and Jan Horcik
Alternative Measuring Tools Measuring, it seems, is one of the dominant concerns of modern society. We measure ourselves, our weight, our height, our temperature, from head to toe, from collar size to shoe size. We measure what is around us, from tiny to incredibly large. We measure time (from seconds to lifetimes), we measure the familiar (length, weight, volume) and the unusual (sound, radiation, voltage), we have measurement systems for everyday life and for experts. For this workshop, the students of the Bachelor Industrial Design have developed alternative measuring devices.
Carhartt WIP x ECAL: launch and exhibition of WIP Magazine #5,23.11.2021,Hall Kudelski, ECAL Earlier this year, Carhartt WIP (for Work in Progress) teamed up with ECAL, inviting Bachelor Photography students to interpret in their own way some of the emblematic pieces of the American clothing brand, which develops its own collections from the original Carhartt work clothes. Earlier this year, Carhartt WIP (for Work in Progress) teamed up with ECAL, inviting Bachelor Photography students to interpret in their own way some of the emblematic pieces of the American clothing brand, which develops its own collections from the original Carhartt work clothes. The students, led by art director Nicolas Poillot, produced an editorial report, which was included in the latest issue of "WIP Magazine" published by Carhartt WIP and some of whose images will be exhibited at the ECAL on the occasion of the launch of this book. Students Dominique Bartels Julie Corday Diego Fellmann Florian Hilt Samara Krähenbühl Angèle Marignac-Serra Lisa Mazenauer Marvin Merkel Basil Pérot Yolane Rais Camille Spiller Launch and exhibition Tuesday 23 November from 6 to 8 pm at ECAL (Hall Kudelski). The exhibition will also be open on the occasion of the ECAL Open Day, Saturday 27 November from 8.30 am to 6 pm. ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens www.ecal.ch
Big success for ECAL at Design Preis Schweiz On the occasion of the Design Preis Schweiz/Prix Design Suisse awards ceremony last weekend in Langenthal, ECAL graduates have won six awards The prizes are awarded to products, projects, services and concepts from all business-relevant design disciplines. Research projects and diploma theses are also eligible for the competition. Thus, four ECAL graduation projects completed in 2020 were honoured and two projects developed by alumni were also awarded by the jury. Young Professionals Category RobustNest by Fabien Roy, Master Product Design diploma project, ECAL, 2020 (Product Investment Subcategory) Tofu-to-Go by Yu-Ying Wu, Master Product Design diploma project, ECAL, 2020 (Product Consumer Subcategory) Cima by Benjamin Bichsel, Master Product Design diploma project, ECAL, 2020 (Textile Subcategory) Furniture Category Lotte by Sarah Hossli, Master Product Design diploma project, ECAL, 2020 TENSE by Panter&Tourron, MAS in Design for Luxury & Crafstmanship graduates Going Circular Economy Category Cyclon by On with Thilo Alex Brunner (Head of Design by On), MAS in Design for Luxury & Crafstmanship graduate and Head of Master Product Design at ECAL from 2014 to 2017 (Established Subcategory) More information: https://designpreis.ch
Fantastic Smartphones at the KIKK Festival,04–07.11.2021,Namur, Belgium After the Milan Design Week and the Galerie l elac, the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE) hosts the exhibition "Fantastic Smartphones" from 4 to 7 November 4. This event presents a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. DATES AND TIMESFrom the 4 to the 7 november 2021ADDRESSLe Pavillon Esplanade la Citadelle 5000 NamurSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
Fantastic Smartphones at the elac gallery,06–22.10.2021,Gallery l elac, Renens After the Milan Design Week and before the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE), the Gallery l elac hosts the exhibition "Fantastic Smartphones" - a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. In the context of this exhibition, ECAL also proposes a lecture by Dries Depoorter, a Belgian multimedia artist who humorously addresses themes such as privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance and social networks through interactive installations, applications and online games. www.driesdepoorter.be Thursday 14 October 2021 6pm at ECAL (IKEA auditorium) On this occasion, you will be offered scratch tickets made by Dries Depoorter and you can win up to 25 000 followers for your Twitter or Instagram account! This exhibition is part of the 200th anniversary of the ECAL (1821-2021). These events are subject to the sanitary norms in force.STUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGNDATES AND TIMESFrom the 7 to the 22 of october 2021 1pm to 5pmADDRESSElac gallery Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 RenensVERNISSAGEWednesday 6 october 2021, 6pm to 8pm
Fantastic Smartphones Fantastic Smartphones – a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. See the press room Behind the derision-filled title Fantastic Smartphones, alternative accessories, interactive installations and machine performances highlight the excesses relating to our use of these devices. By imagining innovative ways of interacting with our smartphones or by delegating our repetitive actions to machines, this exhibition takes a critical look at a society that has become addicted to an object that seems to have become indispensable : the “smart” phone.Is this object, which was initially perceived as an extension, still a source of pleasure or has it become a source of alienation? Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students provide answers to this question through a series of installations that address different aspects of this issue in an original and immersive way. Visitors will be able to discover how to save time when using a dating app; cheat on their personal health data through bots; illustrate the time lost away from their phone; engrave their name on a Wall of Fame to evaluate the value of their actions on social networks; attend a discussion between two smartphones; scroll to infinity in a mesmerising way; discover neologisms relating to new digital behaviours; free themselves from digital addictions; discover what really happens in the cloud thanks to a visual allegory; or witness the strange choreography of a robotic arm that takes pictures of itself with a selfie stick.STUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
Jenna Callewaert – Her and I « What do you do when you miss everything? How do you avoid being haunted by the place you left? A painful absence mixed with hope, nostalgia that associates past and future, like a paradox. Above all, this project is a quest: that of finding a part of myself in a country where I once lived, and whose only memories I had were of colours, smells and sensations. Throughout my journey, I sought to explore and confront these memories built on a form of absence. Between dismay and delight, I often asked myself the question of the integrity of these images. Were these memories real or pure fabrications of the mind? I thus designed this book with the aim of capturing a process of transformation where each image, composed of sepia, shadows and ochre, carries in its flesh the testimonies of the past and illustrates that nothing ever dies.»
Laura Trummer – When She Left the Room, the Spirits Went With Her In her latest collection When She Left the Room, the Spirits Went With Her , fashion designer Tara Mabiala brings together various sources of inspiration, including those of 70s Blaxploitation films and Westerns. The two genres might seem far apart but they meet on the importance of the characters clothing: it is symbolic of their roles, asserts their statuses and anchors the action. Through a projection and a look book, this project offers an immersion in the universe of the collection whose images are integrated with those of emblematic movies of these two film genres. Mysterious, confident and volatile, “she” travels between these worlds, creates her own, and takes you there.
Julie Ryser – Dupliréalité Dupliréalité aims to immerse us into reproductions of places of life that are essential to an individual s existence. The cities explored include La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne and Renens, which have a direct link with my own reality. This research is based on a conceptual analysis of duplitecture, a recent architectural movement that replicates and relocates famous buildings. This analytical treatment takes place in a fixed medium, i.e. a book, a lasting object that has the power to cross the ages like a building and that comes to life through its materiality. The project reconstructs the process of a duplitect; thanks to the proximity of today s media, everything is within reach and distance disappears.
Laetitia Paroz – A–Z du sexisme linguistique Linguistic sexism expresses the gender-based discriminatory nature of some words and expressions in language. After drawing up an alphabetical list of misogynous terms in French such as “blondasse” (blonde bimbo), “pute” (whore) or “sorcière” (witch), I carried out research on each term, allowing me to take a variety of informative, funny, absurd or first-degree approaches to the word depending on its definition. This work took the shape of a book featuring a rich diversity of content. Page after page, archival images, rap punchlines and historical texts are mixed with series of popular images. The whole forms a book that questions and challenges readers according to their own sensitivity.
Guillaume Besson – Beyond the Matrix This project is a documentation and analysis of surveillance equipment in contemporary society, using the airport as a metaphorical object. Mixing a scientific and experimental tone with a touch of science-fiction, the book focuses on the flow and profiling of individuals to assert, through authors texts, that the use of these different layers of surveillance is creating a new form of hegemonic society. To this end, the different sections that make up the book explore the way in which machines decipher our identities and the place we occupy in our architecture. The layouts are a dense proposition creating an anxiety-inducing atmosphere.
Pauline Baldinetti – Entrecroisés Entrecroisés is a multilingual book featuring nine languages that addresses multilingualism in Switzerland. The aim of the book is to promote foreign languages in Switzerland and to compare the data of the Federal Statistical Office with reality. Throughout the book, the reader discovers the interweaving of this linguistic diversity within Switzerland through colours, infographics, expressions, photographic surveys and testimonies. The book thus sheds new light on migration in Switzerland and the cohabitation of these different cultures within one nation. Entrecroisés is a multilingual book featuring nine languages that addresses multilingualism in Switzerland. The aim of the book is to promote foreign languages in Switzerland and to compare the data of the Federal Statistical Office with reality. Throughout the book, the reader discovers the interweaving of this linguistic diversity within Switzerland through colours, infographics, expressions, photographic surveys and testimonies. The book thus sheds new light on migration in Switzerland and the cohabitation of these different cultures within one nation.
Paul Christ – Microcosm of Proportion “Cosmos, noun. The universe, especially when it is thought of as an ordered system.” Inspired by spiritual movements such as the Theosophical Society or the vegetarian colony of Monte Verità, this project explores the influence of geometry, numbers and systems on the arts and design. The result is a book consisting of three parts that reflect the development of the project. It begins with the presentation of the research material and continues with a practical exploration of geometrical figures and their proportions. The third chapter applies my insights on the development of a proportional system which forms the base of the typeface family used throughout the book.
Benedetta Bovani – Acquerino Acquerino is a family project that revolves around the Acquerino Nature Reserve in Tuscany, Italy. Growing up near the place, the idea for this project was born out of the curiosity and affection that both me and my brother have for it. We felt the need to create something that reflected our thoughts and emotions about such a place while at the same time letting people know about it. Bringing together our knowledge, memories and skills we designed two books. The first book is a travel guide that aims to inform the reader about the reserve: from the flora to the fauna, hiking itineraries and nearby villages. The second one is an album where we collected words and photographs that reflect on the value of nature and of memory. Two specific typefaces were also designed for the books.
Olivia Wünsche – New State of Equilibrium New State of Equilibrium is a visual interpretation of my years-long spiritual quest and psychedelic adventures. Inner peace, a sense of deep connectedness, unbounded love for the natural world and longing for transcendence are central themes I tried to visualise throughout this project. Both the book and the installation attempt to question and investigate the mechanisms and limitations of our cognitive and sensory perception. By emphasising the simultaneous presence of the visible and the invisible, I seek to challenge the secular, materialistic worldview that still seems to prevail in our Western culture.
Sara Bastai – RAM_1.0 RAM 1.0 is a collaborative project between myself and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is a fictional account of my life, based on my personal visual archive, but constructed and mediated by AI. The project explores the concept of memories and the importance of the construction of an archive in the digital realm. Focused on the interaction between images and text, I let AI analyse my memories and then reinterpret the captions to create new images. New memories are created in the form of five different books and five slide shows on a modular installation. Floating between human and non-human, the dialogue between myself and the machine comes into being and enables you to immerse yourself in a new data set of my memories through the gaze of technology.
Jingxiang Zhang – Pop-up Terrain In 2020, miniature games took off in the field of 3D printing. As a product designer and miniature player, I designed a 3D printable pop-up board to materialise fantasy worlds. The board is an essential part of tabletop war gaming. However plastic injection products are difficult to store and make, so I created a new form of board that can be folded into book form. Players can easily keep it on a bookshelf next to their game book. They can also take them out easily to share and play with friends. Compared to a plastic injection board, this new system also simplifies the traditional production process, from moulding and injection to packaging, transport and display.
Jimin Jeon – Water Marble Water Marble is a collection of low-tech toys, free from environmentally harmful elements (plastic, batteries, etc.) and prescriptive gender roles. The toys are made from densely moulded paper with a plant-based super-hydrophobic finish and can be enjoyed by simply adding a drop of water. On the water-repellent surface, drops of water roll around like marbles. By simply using water and gravity, children can develop their sense of balance.
Jisan Chung – RollerJet Printed paper has been gradually replaced by digital documents such as e-books, e-tickets, e-mails and so on, changing the role of home printers. Yet, at the same time, we still value tangible interactions, such as taking notes on printouts or simply carrying them around for reference. RollerJet offers new possible uses for home printers in our digitalised world. Using a roll of paper instead of sheets, it can print out any length you want, from small sizes for tickets, check-lists or memos to A4 size for larger, typical documents. After printing, the paper can be easily torn off with a single hand.
Eugénie Perrin – Pince Pince is a continuation of my dissertation dedicated to objects made by farmers, who design their tools from existing objects that they reappropriate and transform to meet their own needs. Inspired by a homemade lamp found on a farm, Pince takes advantage of the raw and singular aspect of these objects, which are designed to be functional before any aesthetic consideration. The project thus borrows the robustness and the simplicity of design and construction from the typology of the tool and features a swivel head and fixing system that can be adapted to all types of supports. It is thus suitable for both DIY enthusiasts and craftspeople. Inspired by homemade objects, Pince is a product that has been designed in an industrial, ergonomic and aesthetic way.
Stéfanie Kay – Helia Most people spend almost 90% of their time indoors, lit by artificial lights which, unlike the sun, do not change colour or intensity during the day, thus disturbing the circadian rhythm. Helia follows the user throughout the day – from waking up to falling asleep – varying its light intensity and colour and thus improving the user s concentration, productivity, quality of sleep, mood, etc. Thanks to its modular head, Helia can be used to create either ambient or work light. The project, carried out in collaboration with the EPFL+ECAL Lab, turned out to be a very rewarding experience. Mixing different skills in one project was both interesting and instructive.
Souhaïb Ghanmi – Elos In the Swiss meat industry, there are more than 230,000 tonnes of waste each year from slaughterhouses. I focus on the recycling of food waste, especially bones, which pollute by disintegrating, and thus use as much of the animal as possible. Bone is, for me, a forgotten and unexploited material despite its many properties. Elos is a range of switches and sockets using bone meal for its electrical insulation properties. The socket is inspired by the articulation of the head of a femur to accompany the cable and thus avoid wear and tear, and the organic shapes of the switches are inspired by the cut of long bones. A cover variant combining a cable reel and a phone charging station has been added to the collection.
Yael Vallotton – Sleeping Water In the small kitchen of a family home, two women in their fourties are chatting. Out of the blue, one of them kisses the other. Fiction / 16 min Synopsis In the narrow kitchen of a family home, two women in their forties are talking. Suddenly, one of them forgets herself and kisses the other. After the intimacy of this encounter, reality soon resurfaces. The two women are married, one to the other s brother. Comment This graduation project expresses a desire to talk about a new form of sensuality and sexuality in two women in their forties who are not looking for anything but who nevertheless find themselves animated by troubling emotions that they do not want to keep silent because it awakens a part of themselves they still have to discover – a desire that is not a need to be met but rather an attempt to rediscover oneself. Yael Vallotton
Charlène Girel – Outside (Direction) It is raining in the park. Natacha and her son Eli are looking for a shelter for the night. Walter wanders alone with his guitar. Fiction / 23 mn Synopsis The rain wets the park where Eli is playing alone. Drops fall on Natacha s embarrassed face as she searches through her phone book for a solution. Not far away, Walter is wandering alone. The sound of his guitar travels up to the mother and child who are seeking shelter for the night. The hostility of the outside world, the fear of being left behind and an encounter, that of a mother and child who have recently become homeless with an outsider: for a moment, in all their modesty, they inspire us with a semblance of a blended family. An actress, a child, a bohemian. Unstable weather, a lot of improvisation and flexibility. A lesson in freedom, simplicity and letting go. For me, as for others, the experience of a project flirting with the documentary was like a powerful rite of passage.
Lara Marino – Brain Scan Mention Bien Prix Ernest Manganel This is a retrospective of my work, a deeper visualisation of my dissertation and an extension of my research. Through the metaphor of a brain forest where several works, characters, spaces and objects take place and coexist. The body is also integrated as a form of landscape. An ecosystem filled with information where the work reveals its creation. Through the fascination of bodily evolution and decay, we discover figurative and chimerical pictorial environments that explore the relationship between the imaginary and maternal bonds. In the words of Romain Gary in his book Promise at Dawn : “With maternal love, life makes you a promise at dawn that it never keeps.” Mention BienPrix Ernest ManganelThis is a retrospective of my work, a deeper visualisation of my dissertation and an extension of my research. Through the metaphor of a brain forest where several works, characters, spaces and objects take place and coexist. The body is also integrated as a form of landscape. An ecosystem filled with information where the work reveals its creation. Through the fascination of bodily evolution and decay, we discover figurative and chimerical pictorial environments that explore the relationship between the imaginary and maternal bonds.In the words of Romain Gary in his book Promise at Dawn: “With maternal love, life makes you a promise at dawn that it never keeps.”
Lara Ziörjen – No Hard Feelings No Hard Feelings is a personal exploration of the world we live in. Through these images, a powerful vision of our culture emerges – who are we, how do we consume and ultimately, where are we headed? The book shows an abundant world in which fast fashion, artificial food and useless objects accumulate. An important aspect of this work is the combination of images and the work on detail, approaching an object, analysing and understanding it. It addresses the absurdity and banality of everyday life. The images were all taken with a mobile phone, an essential tool that complements my conceptual.
Michaela Theus – Dehors (Photography) It is raining in the park. Natacha and her son Eli are looking for a shelter for the night. Walter wanders alone with his guitar. Fiction / 23 mn Synopsis The rain wets the park where Eli is playing alone. Drops fall on Natacha s embarrassed face as she searches through her phone book for a solution. Not far away, Walter is wandering alone. The sound of his guitar travels up to the mother and child who are seeking shelter for the night. The hostility of the outside world, the fear of being left behind and an encounter, that of a mother and child who have recently become homeless with an outsider: for a moment, in all their modesty, they inspire us with a semblance of a blended family. An actress, a child, a bohemian. Unstable weather, a lot of improvisation and flexibility. A lesson in freedom, simplicity and letting go. For me, as for others, the experience of a project flirting with the documentary was like a powerful rite of passage. Student s comment The film Dehors was a journey that brought me and my collaborator, friend and director Charlène Girel closer than ever. Between planning and improvisation, depth and flight, emotional chaos and creative release, we went through all the phases. We never left the boat: I remained on board as cinematographer, as high as the waves breaking on the deck, and we did our best to keep the sails oriented towards the vision of the filmmaker. Trust and fascination for the director became essential components to be able to put our hearts into a project. Thanks to all those who helped us stay on course. The birth of this film was not easy, but it was only the beginning of many journeys into unknown waters. Michaela Theus
ECAL Milano 2021 – ECAL x MUJI: Compact Life,05–10.09.2021,MUJI Store, Milan Japanese brand MUJI presents – on the occasion of the Milan Design Week (5-10 September) – a collection of clever household furniture and accessories to help tidy up our daily life, imagined by Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL. Following the MUJI method of carefully observing everyday routines to uncover specific needs, leading to the creation of intuitive and handy products, Japanese brand MUJI presents – on the occasion of the Milan Design Week (5-10 September) – a collection of clever household furniture and accessories to help tidy up our daily life, imagined by Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, under the guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of the programme, and Swiss designer Michel Charlot. HD Images Video Poster with explanations An important part of MUJI s product development is based on detailed photographic studies of people homes. Thus, Bachelor Industrial Design students were asked to follow the same design process by documenting the spontaneous state of their own home and other peoples surroundings to reveal the way they interact with products and identify how objects are put to use as direct inspiration for their design. The resulting collection of household furniture and accessories features a series of discreet steel wire basket trolleys designed to roll and stow away seamlessly under your furniture; a collapsible flat angle chair that also serves as a handy minimalist side table; a simple pole with slits that can be fitted with just about any hook or hanger to organise your clothes; a compact bedside table with just the right proportions and a convenient adjustable storage shelf to hide your smartphone away when you turn in for the night; sleek and easy-to-mount frames whose outer edge doubles as a clip for your notes and cards; and a wall organiser made of sturdy laminated Crepe paper, available by the metre – to name just a few. Press preview : 5 September, 9am – 11 am Opening hours : 5 – 10 September, 11am – 7pm MUJI Milan Store Via Torino 22 20123 Milano www.muji.com
Fantastic Smartphones at the Milan Design Week,05.09–07.11.2021,SPBH Space, Milan ECAL presents a series of extraordinary projects and installations developed by Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students, investigating our relation with smartphones and the way they impact our day-to-day behaviour DATES AND SCHEDULESPress Preview : 5 september, 9am - 11am Schedules : 5 - 9 september, 11am - 8pm 10 september, 11am - 4pmADDRESSSpazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 MilanoSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
ECAL x MEHARI EDEN The 2CV Méhari Club Cassis has developed an electric version of the iconic Citroën released in 1968 : the EDEN. From its inception, this car was designed for summer sports and leisure activity. Our current renewed interest in outdoor activities together with electric technology makes this car particularly attractive. With this in mind, the 2nd-year BA students in Industrial Design, under the direction of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Programme, and designer Elric Petit, showcase a series of accessories for tomorrow s electric Méhari. A genuine “LEGO car”, the Méhari lent itself perfectly to being reinvented by ECAL s students : a steering wheel with a built-in Bluetooth speaker, a rowboat doubling as a roof for the ride towards your favourite boating spot, practical surfboard and bike racks, a ready-to-use picnic set hidden in the tailgate, a waterproof roof cover made from banana plants, or the backrest of the rear seat that converts into a side table are just some of products on display.
ECAL graduate wins the James Dyson Award (Switzerland) Fabien Roy s (b. 1984, Premier - VD) 2020 diploma project in Master Product Design wins the James Dyson Award 2021 (Switzerland) Thanks to RobustNest, an incubator for newborns adapted to the context of sub-Saharan Africa and developed in collaboration with the EssentialTech Center, EPFL, he wins the sum of CHF 2 300 and the right to be among the finalists of the James Dyson Award worldwide. In second place, another ECAL Master Product Design diploma project will also be presented in this selection: RUEI-01 by Maxwell Ashford (born in 1995, in Ipswich - UK). According to UNICEF, every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 1.1 million newborns die of hypothermia during their first month of life. Developed in collaboration with the EssentialTech Center of EPFL, the CHUV and the HUG, RobustNest is a newborn incubator adapted to the context of district hospitals. Compact, robust and affordable, it allows the transport of patients in vehicles, resists frequent power cuts thanks to its thermal battery designed by EPFL and is characterized by components that are easily replaceable locally. This ensures that babies are kept warm. Fabien Roy s project will also be highlighted on several occasions in September, by being presented at the Milan International Furniture Fair (5 to 10) through two exhibitions (The Lost Graduation Show and Design Switzerland Pro Helvetia) as well as at the Swiss Design Awards exhibition that will take place during Art Basel at the end of the month.
ECAL Cinema in Renens,18.08.2021,Place du Marché, Renens A l occasion de La Piazzetta sur la Place du Marché à Renens, le Département Cinéma de l ECAL présente quatre films réalisés par des diplômé·e·s du Bachelor Cinéma et du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD. Entrée libre! CLEMENTE Nina Defontaine, 2020 Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD documentaire, VF, 30 min. La réalisatrice accompagne sa grand-mère dans le tri des objets de la grande maison familiale. Au fil de ses trouvailles, et au travers de films d archives, Monique parle de la transmission, de la construction du genre et de la liberté. DANS CES RUES Léonard Vuilleumier, 2019 Bachelor Cinéma fiction, VF, 23 min. Léandre part à la recherche d un inconnu, Tristan, afin de lui annoncer une mauvaise nouvelle concernant un ami commun. Mais une fois face à lui, Léandre omet de livrer son message, et laisse croire à Tristan que leur rencontre n est que fortuite. ECCE HOMO Santiago Chacón Narváez, 2020 Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD fiction, VO Espagnol ST FR, 14 min. Après une longue absence, un père est de retour à la maison. Là, pendant la préparation de la plus importante fête religieuse de la ville, la procession de l Ecce homo, père et fils vont partager en silence leur haine l un pour l autre. ALMA NEL BRANCO Agnese Làposi, 2019 Bachelor Cinéma fiction, VO Italien ST FR, 25 min. Alma, 13 ans, visite sa sœur dans une communauté à la campagne. Une vache volée, un jeune garçon un peu sauvage et les habitudes des co-habitants vont bousculer sa perception de la réalité. Plus d info: https://www.renens.ch/.../Culture.../Agenda/affiche.php...
Excerpts from Master Type Design theses AUTHOR: Simona Alina Andone TITLE: The Aura of Type Design The Aura of Type Design stems from the necessity of creating a critical discourse around the type design discipline. In which cultural and social settings is type design embedded? This thesis explores some of the contexts in which type design manifests itself – from Instagram to institutions, exhibitions, archives, and so on. What effects do these manifestations have on perceptions about how type design works? ---- AUTHOR: Romain Tronchin TITLE: To be seen not read SUBTITLE: The formal expression of typography Without even being conscious of it, I have always been interested in typography and its shapes. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the numbers on football shirts. Later, it was graffiti, with its illegible letters. Today, it is the typefaces of designers like Herb Lubalin, Jean Alessandrini or Zuzana Licko that awaken my interest. All these typefaces have one thing in common: they are typefaces that are not meant to be read, but seen. Their formal aspect comes first, before their functionality. So, we can see these expressive typefaces as images before considering them as tools. This sentence by Herb Lubalin sums up this phenomenon well: “Sometimes you sacrifice legibility to increase impact.” ---- AUTHOR: Marcel Saidov TITLE: The Telephone Directories of Total Design and Ladislas Mandel SUBTITLE: Modernist Internationalism and Cultural Identity By comparing the iconic phone book by Total Design with the typefaces and their application in telephone directories by Ladislas Mandel, I want to create a dialogue between traditionalism and modernism; internationalism and cultural identity. I will not only examine the differing design approaches, but also compare two opposing philosophies. In addition, I would like to investigate which kinds of technical knowledge gleaned from the design of telephone directories and their typefaces can still be of use today. By comparing two opposing ideologies of the past century, I will try to conduct a contemporary discourse on type and culture. ---- AUTHOR: Alberto Malossi TITLE: Extraordinary Gentleman SUBTITLE: The typefaces of Giovanni Mardersteig History is something that I have always been keenly interested in. Luckily, I found a way to channel it into my work, which I feel is very much based on historical awareness. Especially as a type designer, the saying “standing on the shoulders of giants” is something that I think about daily: I see my practice as bound to both enshrine the memory of those who came before me, and to build upon their work. That is why I felt a deep connection with the typefaces of Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977). His work was always aware of the past, while somehow completely contemporary. ---- AUTHOR: Paul Christ TITLE: Pixels, Geometry, Theosophy, Philosophy In the following thesis, I will be taking a deeper look at geometry, theosophy and the pixel in the oeuvre of JLM Lauweriks (1864–1932). At the same time, I will reflect on the relationship between mysticism, philosophy and geometry in contemporary design through an interview with Dimitri Bruni from NORM, while conducting a short investigation of Jurriaan Schrofer s work. ---- AUTHOR: Chiachi Chao TITLE: Type Design in the Zeitgeist Letters are shapes with intentions. A typeface is an instrument built to convey meanings and information. The design criteria for a typface are clear: it must facilitate the efficiency of the reading process, allowing the eyes to identify the image shape, then glide through the line as fast as possible. Since ‘reading and ‘seeing are two fundamentally different physical mechanisms, the functionality (readability and legibility) in types is always more important than the ‘style of letter-shapes given that text is meant for reading. Its form is determined by the condition in which the typeface intends to be applied. With this premise, type design draws a clear line between graphic design in which personal expression plays a significant role. ---- AUTHOR: Nicolas Bernklau TITLE: Critical Regionalism in Type Design SUBTITLE: A survey of moments in history when social, political and economic systems change in parallel with typography Typography is a substantial part of visual identities and thus a means of identification for countries, corporations and communities. Type can be used as a transporter of aims and values. It can provide orientation and a sense of purpose. Once you see a certain type connected to a particular era, style or area it immediately evokes certain feelings and tells you its narrative. It is a very powerful means. So on the one hand, whenever there is change, type can play a leading role in expressing this change and on the other hand, a new type can be introduced in order to cause change. Examples of such changes could be: A political ideology is associated with a certain style of type, a country switches its script from Arabic to Latin or a type design studio designs a multi-script typeface. All these changes are triggered by different intrinsic or extrinsic motivations and reasons: e.g. historical, economic, political, educational, aesthetic or modernisation reasons. In these cases type is used to embody these changes and socio-political shifts as a transporter of ideas and values. The thesis consists of three parts, the transition from Fraktur to roman, the world political topic of changing type through alphabet shifts as well as internationality in type design today with the topic of expansion. ---- AUTHOR: Benedetta Bovani TITLE: The role of intertitles SUBTITLE: From a typographic necessity to a means of expression Intertitles have been a topic of discussion throughout the more or less thirty years (1895–1930) in which they were largely used. When one would talk about these elements, it was usually to criticise them or to highlight their flaws. Indeed, intertitles were controversial. The use of the word, and especially the written word, in cinema – then a silent medium – was by most seen as unnecessary, even dangerous. Admitting that writing was necessary to the success of cinema was like admitting that silence was a deficit. Nevertheless, intertitles slowly became an essential element, that even today has left its trace in modern films. The goal of this master thesis is to investigate and map the use of intertitles. Starting from their inception, when they were just a typographic necessity, to their prime – when they played an active role in the narration of movies and represented a means of expression as important as picture itself. ---- AUTHOR: Anne Seseke TITLE: Barbara Radice & Fragments of Terrazzo (1988–1995) Ever since I discovered post-modernist objects, I have fostered an ambivalent relationship to them. Their shape, patterns and materials. The more I researched, the more I found interesting writings, interviews and a lot of lesser-known projects. I scraped the shiny, plastic, colourful surface and discovered thought-provoking reflections on society. In this master thesis I will approach my topic in a manner similar to the way in which Barbara Radice edited Terrazzo magazine (1988–1995): strong research roots tied together by a spiderweb of associations. ---- AUTHOR: Antonio D Elisiis TITLE: The Eldorado of Legibility SUBTITLE: Optical sizes, variable fonts and accessibility in the digital environment Designing aesthetically pleasing fonts that remain legible in various situations of use. Achieving this difficult balance has always been the ultimate goal in type design. Sought by punchcutters first, and later by the most modern type designers. These applied two fundamental practices to character design: optical size, and optical correction. I will analyse both practices and how they have evolved over time – especially with the change of various technologies (printing, information support and visualisation, tools that allow the design of characters, etc.). I will also analyse how optical corrections were applied, and why. ---- AUTHOR: Lucile Billot TITLE: Colophons etc. SUBTITLE: A collection of colophons, from medieval to contemporary, and the related stories they tell This master thesis focuses on the narratives of colophons, and some related paratextual devices, such as design notes, acknowledgements etc. The thesis builds bridges between different periods, highlighting (for example) relationships between medieval and contemporary colophons. At first sight, colophons seem to be a quite dry part of any book, as they only deal with credits. But they are not simply the ‘finishing stroke of a book. They also give clues and backdrops, both about the book itself (its content) and its context (in terms of design / production / circulation). This thesis explores the colophons evolution and transformations, as well as the contextual stories that are hidden in them, and the effect they can have on our understanding of a book.
Antonio D Elisiis – Hierax Antiqua Hierax Antiqua is a contemporary typeface family composed of 24 styles with text and display cut, suitable for editorial publication and identity projects. The typeface is inspired by an ancient book printed in Venice around 1750, with various punches cut in different periods (1550 – 1780). Hence the aim of the project is to capture the spirit of Renaissance and Baroque types by analysing the works of Nicolas Jenson, Francesco Griffo, Claude Garamont, Pierre Haultin, Robert Granjon, Hendrik van den Keere, Christoffel van Dijck, Nicholas Kis, Simon de Colines, Guillaume Le Bé, Pierre-Simon Fournier le Jeune and Giambattista Bodoni. Hierax Antiqua aims to crystallise this era with an added contemporary feel through rigorous digital design.